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2002 No. 791

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002

  Made 26th March 2002 
  Coming into force 28th March 2002 

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of March 2002

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by, a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 98(9) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998[1]:

     Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 98(8) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: - 

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Adjacent Waters Boundaries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002.

    (2) This Order shall come into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.

    (3) In this Order "co-ordinate" means a co-ordinate on the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain 1936 Datum.

The territorial sea adjacent to Northern Ireland
     2.  - (1) For the purposes of the definition of "Northern Ireland" in section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and for all other purposes of that Act, the part of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom which is to be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland shall, subject to paragraph (2), be the part whose breadth is measured from baselines in Northern Ireland.

    (2) Where any part of the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom whose breadth is measured from baselines in Northern Ireland falls outside the Northern Ireland zone, that part shall not be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1).

The boundary of the Northern Ireland zone
     3.  - (1) For the purposes of the definition of "the Northern Ireland zone" in section 98(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998, the part of the sea within British fishery limits which is to be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland shall, subject to paragraph (2), be the part which is within limits measured from baselines in Northern Ireland.

    (2) Any part of the sea within British fishery limits which is within limits measured from baselines in Northern Ireland but which is separated from Northern Ireland by the boundary described in paragraph (3) shall not be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1).

    (3) The boundary - 


A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


SCHEDULE
Article 3


CO-ORDINATES


Point Latitude      Longitude
1. 53° 52' 12" N : 05° 49' 30" W
2. 53° 49' 12" N : 05° 45' 00" W
3. 53° 49' 18" N : 05° 41' 12" W
4. 53° 48' 48" N : 05° 27' 24" W
5. 53° 48' 42" N : 05° 24' 42" W
6. 53° 43' 11" N : 05° 18' 53" W
7. 53° 47' 23" N : 05° 12' 42" W
8. 53° 52' 19" N : 05° 01' 48" W
9. 54° 27' 52" N : 05° 04' 36" W
10. 54° 28' 13" N : 05° 05' 08" W
11. 54° 30' 37" N : 05° 07' 18" W
12. 54° 31' 56" N : 05° 08' 37" W
13. 54° 32' 15" N : 05° 08' 57" W
14. 54° 33' 57" N : 05° 10' 50" W
15. 54° 36' 22" N : 05° 12' 41" W
16. 54° 38' 13" N : 05° 13' 43" W
17. 54° 38' 27" N : 05° 13' 44" W
18. 54° 39' 48" N : 05° 14' 37" W
19. 54° 40' 39" N : 05° 14' 33" W
20. 54° 41' 49" N : 05° 14' 49" W
21. 54° 42' 02" N : 05° 14' 53" W
22. 54° 42' 50" N : 05° 15' 33" W
23. 54° 44' 08" N : 05° 16' 48" W
24. 54° 44' 58" N : 05° 17' 37" W
25. 54° 46' 37" N : 05° 19' 38" W
26. 54° 48' 21" N : 05° 21' 50" W
27. 54° 49' 29" N : 05° 23' 21" W
28. 54° 49' 51" N : 05° 23' 48" W
29. 54° 50' 05" N : 05° 24' 11" W
30. 54° 50' 40" N : 05° 25' 05" W
31. 54° 51' 22" N : 05° 26' 05" W
32. 54° 51' 25" N : 05° 26' 08" W
33. 54° 51' 57" N : 05° 26' 28" W
34. 54° 52' 40" N : 05° 26' 51" W
35. 54° 53' 10" N : 05° 27' 07" W
36. 54° 53' 53" N : 05° 27' 24" W
37. 54° 54' 19" N : 05° 27' 23" W
38. 54° 54' 54" N : 05° 27' 44" W
39. 54° 55' 44" N : 05° 28' 21" W
40. 54° 55' 59" N : 05° 28' 32" W
41. 54° 56' 49" N : 05° 29' 13" W
42. 54° 57' 31" N : 05° 29' 53" W
43. 54° 57' 53" N : 05° 30' 10" W
44. 54° 58' 53" N : 05° 31' 05" W
45. 54° 59' 45" N : 05° 32' 00" W
46. 55° 00' 31" N : 05° 32' 58" W
47. 55° 01' 22" N : 05° 34' 12" W
48. 55° 02' 08" N : 05° 35' 29" W
49. 55° 02' 48" N : 05° 36' 47" W
50. 55° 03' 25" N : 05° 38' 13" W
51. 55° 04' 01" N : 05° 39' 47" W
52. 55° 04' 29" N : 05° 41' 15" W
53. 55° 04' 55" N : 05° 42' 53" W
54. 55° 05' 15" N : 05° 44' 21" W
55. 55° 05' 30" N : 05° 44' 37" W
56. 55° 06' 25" N : 05° 45' 46" W
57. 55° 07' 13" N : 05° 46' 51" W
58. 55° 08' 05" N : 05° 48' 13" W
59. 55° 08' 21" N : 05° 48' 41" W
60. 55° 08' 53" N : 05° 49' 03" W
61. 55° 09' 57" N : 05° 49' 54" W
62. 55° 10' 58" N : 05° 50' 50" W
63. 55° 11' 53" N : 05° 51' 50" W
64. 55° 12' 41" N : 05° 52' 48" W
65. 55° 12' 57" N : 05° 53' 11" W
66. 55° 13' 12" N : 05° 53' 33" W
67. 55° 13' 46" N : 05° 54' 29" W
68. 55° 14' 20" N : 05° 55' 08" W
69. 55° 14' 33" N : 05° 55' 25" W
70. 55° 15' 04" N : 05° 56' 10" W
71. 55° 15' 20" N : 05° 56' 35" W
72. 55° 15' 46" N : 05° 57' 20" W
73. 55° 16' 07" N : 05° 58' 02" W
74. 55° 16' 32" N : 05° 58' 56" W
75. 55° 16' 47" N : 05° 59' 32" W
76. 55° 17' 03" N : 06° 00' 15" W
77. 55° 17' 08" N : 06° 00' 27" W
78. 55° 17' 37" N : 06° 00' 46" W
79. 55° 18' 16" N : 06° 01' 16" W
80. 55° 18' 41" N : 06° 01' 38" W
81. 55° 19' 08" N : 06° 02' 04" W
82. 55° 19' 10" N : 06° 02' 07" W
83. 55° 19' 36" N : 06° 02' 34" W
84. 55° 20' 11" N : 06° 03' 18" W
85. 55° 20' 15" N : 06° 03' 24" W
86. 55° 20' 32" N : 06° 03' 47" W
87. 55° 20' 56" N : 06° 04' 25" W
88. 55° 21' 16" N : 06° 05' 02" W
89. 55° 21' 43" N : 06° 05' 57" W
90. 55° 22' 00" N : 06° 06' 34" W
91. 55° 22' 07" N : 06° 06' 54" W
92. 55° 22' 18" N : 06° 07' 22" W
93. 55° 22' 33" N : 06° 08' 06" W
94. 55° 22' 45" N : 06° 08' 45" W
95. 55° 22' 55" N : 06° 09' 12" W
96. 55° 23' 09" N : 06° 09' 53" W
97. 55° 23' 22" N : 06° 10' 40" W
98. 55° 23' 31" N : 06° 11' 13" W
99. 55° 23' 39" N : 06° 11' 38" W
100. 55° 23' 59" N : 06° 12' 41" W
101. 55° 24' 09" N : 06° 13' 16" W
102. 55° 24' 24" N : 06° 14' 19" W
103. 55° 24' 26" N : 06° 14' 24" W
104. 55° 24' 37" N : 06° 15' 16" W
105. 55° 24' 47" N : 06° 16' 12" W
106. 55° 24' 49" N : 06° 16' 23" W
107. 55° 24' 59" N : 06° 17' 16" W
108. 55° 25' 09" N : 06° 18' 18" W
109. 55° 25' 16" N : 06° 19' 12" W
110. 55° 25' 25" N : 06° 20' 28" W
111. 55° 25' 33" N : 06° 21' 58" W
112. 55° 25' 35" N : 06° 22' 34" W
113. 55° 25' 36" N : 06° 22' 53" W
114. 55° 25' 41" N : 06° 23' 57" W
115. 55° 25' 44" N : 06° 24' 54" W
116. 55° 25' 48" N : 06° 26' 52" W
117. 55° 25' 49" N : 06° 27' 39" W
118. 55° 25' 49" N : 06° 28' 39" W
119. 55° 25' 48" N : 06° 29' 56" W
120. 55° 25' 51" N : 06° 30' 11" W
121. 55° 25' 54" N : 06° 30' 25" W
122. 55° 26' 05" N : 06° 31' 23" W
123. 55° 26' 14" N : 06° 32' 11" W
124. 55° 26' 22" N : 06° 32' 57" W
125. 55° 26' 34" N : 06° 34' 15" W
126. 55° 26' 37" N : 06° 34' 40" W
127. 55° 24' 54" N : 06° 44' 36" W




EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order describes for the purposes of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 - 

The part of the sea within British fishery limits which is to be treated as adjacent to Northern Ireland under article 3 forms the Northern Ireland zone. A map showing the line of the boundary described by article 3 for illustrative purposes only is appended to this note.

Notes:

 [1] 1998 c.47.back


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  Prepared 9 April 2002

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